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Whether you are a corporate millionaire, or just someone with a backyard to decorate, designing water features can do a whole world of good for the layout of your land. After all, there is nothing more soothing than flowing water. A lot of people take a pretty simplistic approach to decoration, so they miss the point. After all, when you design water features, you have to put some time and effort into it, as well as some money. 

Water features are not cheap. Setting up a water fountain in your yard, particularly a custom one, can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. For a big corporate water feature, the range can be thousands or even tens of thousands. Nonetheless, it is worth it. Indoor water features often become centers of gathering inside of malls, corporate headquarters, or public buildings. Outdoor custom water fountains are some of the most beautiful, serene places to contemplate the beauty of nature, even if you are in the middle of a bustling urban setting. As long as you can find something within your price range, I guarantee the expense will be worth it.

There are all kinds of ways to design water features. Many people never think about how many designs incorporate elements of water in them. Custom indoor waterfalls, for example, rarely have a naturalistic look. Instead, they usually have water flowing over a transparent, glowing surface. When the companies design water features of this type, light plays as much of a role in the design as water, as does the properties of water flowing over a surface. With smooth glass, you can give the water a shimmering, slow-moving look even when it is moving down a vertical surface. This can be perfect for contemplation, as well as for diffusing light into the room.

Of course, a lot of the water feature design software out there nowadays is for the simpler types. There is a good reason for this. If you are an amateur, you would be better to make a fountain on your own than one of these more ambitious designs. Working with glass can be difficult, and the cost of failure can be quite pricey. When you are working with rocks, tubing, and pumps, it is easier to succeed, and almost impossible to ruin your equipment with a mistake. That is why most of the amateurs who design water features opt for something that looks like it could be bubbling from an underground spring.